Sheffield United ruined their recent good work when losing to Hull City last weekend at the KCOM Stadium. A fixture they were expected to win, despite being on the road, Nouha Dicko netted the only goal of the game on 55 minutes to separate the rivals. Chris Wilder was brutally honest when assessing his side’s performance for the media at full-time, telling scribes his men didn’t deserve to get anything out of the match. He’ll be hoping to see a response this week and the home win has been marked up at 1/2 by most major bookmakers, including Coral.

Burton started the week second-bottom of the pile and well on their way to playing League One football in the summer. A three-match unbeaten run gave fans hope – two draws and a win – but they were brought back to earth with a 1-0 reverse at home to Millwall a week ago, Ben Marshall’s strike enough to win the points. All eyes were on Darren Bent’s performance, but he looked rusty when missing a couple of good chances. Away day is 15/2, top price at Betfair. Bent is as big as 10/1 to score first.

Sheffield United vs Burton – Championship predictions

Why are these predictions worth betting on?

Both teams lost last weekend, but the locals are the better side of the two and we have no trouble backing them for the win in our match betting tips. Coral’s 1/2 isn’t a price to get overly excited about, but it will do a job in your weekend accumulators and we expect it to be settled as a winner without too much drama along the way. The Blades won by two clear goals when last facing Burton.

Albion have failed to score in three of their last four starts at this level but have been able to keep things tight at the other end, following a pair of goalless draws with that 1-0 defeat last time. Try a 1-0 win for Sheffield United in your correct score predictions at 5/1 with 888Sport. That’s favourite, traders eager to keep our selection close.

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